Last week, we were honored to receive a coveted Duke’s Choice Award in the mobile device category for the Pulse smartpen at the 2008 JavaOne Conference. Selected by Sun Fellow James Gosling and a panel of Sun technology experts, the Duke’s Choice Awards recognize the year’s most influential Java^TM technology-based companies around the world.

In addition, we hosted a developer competition at JavaOne, giving developers a sneak peek at our Java API and pre-release versions of early development tools, which we plan on making publicly available in the second half of 2008. The competition allowed developers to create innovative and compelling Java software-based applications for the Pulse smartpen in several categories, including innovation, utility, fun, and education.

CEO Jim Marggraff participated in James Gosling’s keynote speech last Friday to demonstrate the Pulse smartpen and announce the winners of our developer competition. The winners for each category were as follows:

• Innovation - Letter Guess by Wei Xu
• Utility - JSR Jumble by Kathy Fong
• Fun - Tic Tac Toe by Wei Xu
• Education - Wumpus by Corey Minter

We were very excited about our participation in the JavaOne conference and allowing Java developers to create new, forward thinking applications for the Pulse smartpen.

For all interested developers, our Developer Program will include suite of tools and services for users, casual developers and professional developers to create, publish, share and sell their applications. In addition to developer tools, we will also provide technical documentation, starter guides, sample code, community forums and technical support. You can learn more about our Developer Program here.

Livescribe will play an integral role at the annual JavaOne Conference in San Francisco from May 6-9, as one of only three companies selected by Sun Microsystems as a JavaOne Show Device. In addition, Livescribe will host a developer competition at JavaOne, giving developers a sneak peek at Livescribe’s Java API and pre-release versions of early development tools, which will be made publicly available in the second half of 2008.

WHAT: Livescribe’s developer competition allows developers to get a sneak peek at Livescribe’s Java API and learn to create innovative and compelling Java-based applications for Livescribe’s new mobile computing platform. Developers will compete in categories including innovation, utility, fun, and education. Winners will be awarded one 2GB Pulse smartpen and will be featured on www.livescribe.com.

WHERE: Moscone Center, San Francisco - Booth #1223

WHEN: Interested participants of the Livescribe developer competition must wait until 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 6, to register and receive access to Livescribe’s JavaOne developer tools specially created for the conference. Entries are due by 4 p.m. on Thursday, May 8, and will be judged by both Livescribe and Sun representatives. Applications will be accepted online at www.livescribe.com/developer.

The winners of the Livescribe developer competition will be announced during James Goslings’ final keynote address on Friday, May 9.

WHY: JavaOne brings together industry leaders and developers in a single, comprehensive event that offers compelling visions of the technology future in terms of trends, challenges, and opportunities. Livescribe’s participation in the conference marks the first time the company has opened its doors to Java developers from around the world to create new, forward thinking applications that advance Livescribe’s mobile computing platform.